Watson, State Engineer v. Deseret Irrigation Co.

LARSON, Chief Justice.

Action by the State Engineer for a Declaratory Judgment construing an agreement entered into by the Piute Reservoir and Irrigation Company and the Sevier Bridge Reservoir owners October 18, 1938, with reference to the water of Sevier River. The State Engineer is virtually a nominal party, the real controversy being between Piute Reservoir and Irrigation Company, defendant and appellant, and Sevier Bridge Reservoir Owners, defendants and respondents. Hereinafter appellants will be referred to as Piute, and respondents as Sevier. Piute maintains a storage reservoir on…